Take Me To That Landscape,2023, 14x24cm, 80 pages, 250 copies

Images: Hanna Mattes; David Michael & David Rothenberg

Text: Hanna Mattes; Irmgard Emmelhainz & David Rothenberg

Design: Bernhard Wostheinrich; studioflokati.de

Take Me to That Landscape is a multidisciplinary project consisting of a musical album, a photographic series, and texts by various authors. Conceived in early 2020 as a means to stay connected in a locked-down world, it developed into a multi-faceted work of collaboration, dealing with the human need and desire for togetherness.

The album collides spoken word and poetry with experimental jazz music and nature sounds. The texts were conceived of during the pandemic and deal with longing for connection, wanderlust, and thirst for discovery. They describe fantasies about sexuality, romance, touch, and transcendence.